Sentence examples for tacitly conceding from inspiring English sources

Some lawmakers said that by making the tax a standalone bill that the governor could veto, which he did, they were tacitly conceding that it was more of a statement than something they intended to fight for.

Even America's Barack Obama delayed meeting the Dalai Lama until after his first visit to China in 2009, tacitly conceding China's point that the meeting was not a matter of principle, but a bargaining chip.If China is getting its way diplomatically on Tibet, it is not because repression there has eased.

Then we have the pleasure of observing the smile that comes and goes on his handsome face, as if he were tacitly conceding that, yes, these genteel shenanigans, done in the name of a few pricey frocks for a handful of spoiled clients, are absurd.

The government tacitly concedes, with the benefit of hindsight, that it may have over-egged the case for war just a little.

Mr. Fujimori's own prime minister has tacitly conceded that the military is restive.

The White House appeared to tacitly concede that the effects of automatic budget cuts were not as dire as feared.

In a postmidnight speech to supporters here, a hoarse Mr. Stoiber tacitly conceded defeat, but pledged to make a comeback.

He did tacitly concede that the Hampshire batsman Michael Carberry's fairytale return to the highest level is about to happen.

But he tacitly conceded that an overhaul of Social Security, a major subject of debate in the campaign, would take time.

But it has no large constituency in national politics—as Mr Bloomberg tacitly conceded when he shut down half-formed thoughts of a presidential run in 2008.

He repeats his criticisms of Russia's record on human rights and free speech, and tacitly concedes that his televised question to Vladimir Putin in April this year was an error.